DealLawyers.com Blog

July 26, 2005

Negotiating Tactics

Today, we have posted the next installment of DealLawyers.com “M&A Boot Camp.” This segment is brought by Wilson Chu of The Deal Guys’ Blog fame, doing his bit on negotiating tactics, such as:

– Gentleman Dealmaking
– Win-Win Does Not Mean: I Win Twice
– Negotiating Reps and Warranties
– Schedules Really Matter
– LOIs as Upfront Ego Management
– Take a Seventh Inning Stretch
– Use of Undermining Words and Phrases
– The Longer You Sit on a Problem, the More You’ll Own it
– Limitations of Emails and Conference Calls
– Educating Your Client to Support Your Position
– Go Deep – Be Prepared for Multiple Levels of Arguments
– Driving the Deal
– Always, Always be Prepared